A craft room or space can really make crafting things much more pleasant than working wherever and / whenever a clear and clean surface is available, especially if that space is needed immediately for something else, like dinner or homework or other family members' needs. One of my goals this year is to start selling my crafts, and a dedicated space (the better part of a large basement room in my case) means that projects can be left in various stages of assembly, *while* creating several things at a time (giving drying or curing time to one object while working on another); so crafting will be more efficient, and pleasant in dedicated space. After all—there's a *reason* artists have studios! ;)
In pursuit of PURRRfect craft room organization, I analyzed a ton of pins and google images of organized craft rooms, and found these BASICS of Organization, when organizing a craft room:
The BASICS of ORGANIZATION—1) similar, uniform containers, 2) labeled; ideally CLEAR for FAST visibility—can be had for FREE, or cheap, if you 'shop' (or raid) your recycle bin or center. Another principle of organization is grouping 3) like with like and 4) a place for everything (and everything in its place).
The BASICS of the PROCESS of ORGANIZing are
Also, making the space organized, and pretty, will inspire more creativity! So I've reviewed tons of ideas online, while focusing on free or cheap storage and organization in my plan, and doing a 30 day challenge, to be done setting this up in a month, or less, starting tonight, the Full Moon in Virgo. #craftRoomOrgChallenge
In pursuit of PURRRfect craft room organization, I analyzed a ton of pins and google images of organized craft rooms, and found these BASICS of Organization, when organizing a craft room:
The BASICS of ORGANIZATION—1) similar, uniform containers, 2) labeled; ideally CLEAR for FAST visibility—can be had for FREE, or cheap, if you 'shop' (or raid) your recycle bin or center. Another principle of organization is grouping 3) like with like and 4) a place for everything (and everything in its place).
The BASICS of the PROCESS of ORGANIZing are
- PREVIEW: Inventory & Assessment of the space & the things that are going into the space, along with the storage of those things; might need to be on paper & pencil, or digital space-planning, if you prefer...or it can be just a quick assessment in your head, or a
- VIEW, individually: This is often the messiest part of the process! It's all about piles/groups...grab some bags or boxes or clear some space & put everything together. In my case I have bags of: clear salad boxes, some that don't come with lids; old corks from wine we've drunk; orange pill boxes from prescriptions; (We DO recycle newspapers, magazines, plastic and paper bags, etc.) This is the step where I'm at, currently....
- What I still have to do: SHELVE it, i.e. HOME : SHELF or HOME it ('everything in it's place')
To be honest, I started this in early January, but because of this, that, and the other thing, along with several blizzards (I'm the chief snow-shoveler) and family illnesses, this craft space got put on the back burner.
But with the Full Moon in Virgo, the winter seemingly winding down, and everyone back on their feet and normal schedules, seems like a PERFECT time to get on with it!
So, I'll go get on with it (actually coming up with several diy projects from the 'junk' / 'trash' that I'm using to do my:
#craftRoomOrgChallenge
